MATCHED OPTICAL WAVEFORMS FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PATHOGENS

MATCHED OPTICAL WAVEFORMS FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PATHOGENS

A method is provided for identifying a contaminant in a gaseous space. The method includes: generating a broadband optical waveform; shaping the optical waveform to match an expected waveform for a known contaminant; and transmitting the shaped optical waveform towards an unknown contaminant. Upon r...

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Hauptverfasser: CHEN, YOUNG-KAI, DELFYETT, PETER, BURDGE, GEOFFREY L, FITZGERALD, BRUCE W, DESALVO, JOHN R, LEVEN, ANDREAS BERTOLD
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
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INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:A method is provided for identifying a contaminant in a gaseous space. The method includes: generating a broadband optical waveform; shaping the optical waveform to match an expected waveform for a known contaminant; and transmitting the shaped optical waveform towards an unknown contaminant. Upon receiving a reflected optical waveform from the unknown contaminant, determining whether the unknown contaminant correlates to the known contaminant based on the reflected waveform.